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<span id="tut-whatnow"></span><h1><span class="section-number">13. </span>What Now?<a class="headerlink" href="#what-now" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>Reading this tutorial has probably reinforced your interest in using Python —
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<li><p><a class="reference external" href="https://scipy.org">https://scipy.org</a>: The Scientific Python project includes modules for fast
array computations and manipulations plus a host of packages for such
things as linear algebra, Fourier transforms, non-linear solvers,
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